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Trolltunga is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) from the town of Odda.The city of Bergen, is about 190 kilometres (120 mi) from the site via main roads.. The trailhead is located by a small parking area with toilet facilities at Skjeggedal, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Norwegian National Road 13 in Tyssedalen, near the dam at the end of Ringedalsvatnet.
Trolltunga, Norway. Norway's most spectacular cliffs hover 700 meters above Ringedalsvatnet lake and were carved by the icecap that once covered most of Scandinavia.
The Trolltunga cliff is located near the waterfalls. The total drop is 646 metres (2,119 ft), while the tallest single drop is 312 metres (1,024 ft). Following their incorporation in the Norwegian Hydroelectric Power Authority, their water flow is diminished to such a point that only after heavy snow melts is there any flow of substance.
Tourism in Norway contributed 4.2% of the gross domestic product as reported in 2018. [2] Every seven in a hundred people throughout the country work in the tourism industry. [ 2 ] Tourism is seasonal in Norway, with more than half of total tourists visiting between the months of May and August.
In 2016, Midtbø was criticized for publishing a picture of himself hanging off the Trolltunga rock formation in Norway. He was wearing a safety harness but local police officers were concerned the stunt might inspire others to replicate it without taking proper safety precautions. [22] [23] [24]
Ringedalsvatnet is a lake in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.The 7-square-kilometre (2.7 sq mi) lake sits just east of the village of Skjeggedal and about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) east (up the valley) from the village of Tyssedal, which sits on the shore of the Sørfjorden.